I agree. The obvious upgrade for the offense is at 1B/DH. Those should be two of your strongest hitters but on the Astros they are 2 of the weakest. A 99 and 101 wrc+ for Gattis and Carter is very poor for their positions.
Colby sucked for the majority of the year, you guys crack me up. Dont sit here and try to fool yourself that upton or someone else wouldnt have better. You have a low ba high power guy in colby, one that this team is full off. you guys crack me up. Only reason we gave him a QO was to get a draft pick, dude had a lucky postseason and all of a sudden you guy are drolling over him. Dude was hitting sub .240 for alot of the season. gtfo
looks like YOU are the one trolling Why don't you admit that Rasmus with RISP had a .922 OPS? Why????? Also, a needed left handed hitter in the outfield THAT CAN PLAY DEFENSE. If we are able to have the guy hitting 6th the whole year, and improve our number 4 hitter with a FA like Morneau, we are going to have a nice lineup. gtfo, and quit trolling
I get why people wanted the draft pick. After years of focusing on building the minors and keeping an eye for just the future, ignoring the season; fans forget the goal is to win. Nobody is fooling themselves into thinking Colby is a cornerstone. But where are the better options? Rasmus was a solid outfielder by all accounts and had a very reasonable OPS for most of the season. So is he a little overpaid, probably. But after the season he just had, he is easily worth 13 million a year on a 3 year deal. Astros got him for one year at 16 million. Fair trade off.
We want a draft pick (and are afraid to deal top prospects) because we don't want to ever go back to being where we were 5 years ago. But the team didn't have a choice between bringing Rasmus back or getting compensation. The team made the choice where they got one or the other, and Colby chose to come back. I would have been more disappointed if the team didn't give him a qualifying offer.
Agree, probably more in the 3 year, 12 millions, especially when other teams valued him as a centerfielder. So we gave 2.8 or 3.8 millions more than what other team would had offered? But we only gave him 1 year contract, meaning, he will NEED to produce to get another good payday.
Or maybe it is true that he wants to retire in 2 years and didn't think people would give him a short contract and lose their draft pick.
Uptown would require an obscene contract in terms of money and years. The Astros just drafted a couple of studs in the draft. They have Gomez and Springer. There was no need for Upton. Being a GM is about maneuvering talent and payroll flexibility. it isn't so easy to unload even a productive Big priced ML'er. The Astros have Fisher, K. Tucker, and Cameron. Also there is the possibility of moving Bregman to the outfield. Astros need to keep OF in short perspective. Rasmus + Marsnick + P. Tucker = deserve another chance to hold the fort...
That guy is a troller.Lets remind him that Upton had a .790 OPS vs Colby .789 Upton had 26 homers to Colby's 25 in less at bats. Plus, Colby plays better defense. Now, lets tell our friend the Troller that i would love for us to sign Price and Greinke, and Upton and Davis, and trade for Chapman, i want Luthnow to do all those things, but, are those realistic. Is that money well spend????? We already have 2 starters in the OF that are right handed hitters, Springer and Gomez, plus the 4th OF, Marinick, so we are going to sign ANOTHER right handed hitter to play LF? A guy that is going to cost us a draft pick and a big contract? A career .825 OPS guy Should we spend 20 millions plus for the next 7 years when we have guys like Correa, K, Springer, Altuve that we have to take care before????? Thank god you are not our GM
Why have we limited ourselves to one year options? Carlos Gonzalez, as just one example, is rumored to be available, and he has a two-year deal. In terms of financial flexibility, with an eye toward the moneygeddon coming in 2019+, any player you can get for less than 5 years is probably not going to impact your ability to retain the core nucleus.
But he'd still require prospects... Not to mention that Colorado may not be interested in the prospects we have. Rasmus also won't prevent them from being players at the trade deadline or in upcoming years, both in terms of additional prospects to offer as well as payroll flexibility.
CarGo is a trainwreck healthwise, and has extreme Coors Field splits. Career #s: Coors: 0.986 OPS Away: 0.752 OPS That's over a 900 game sample. He's worse than Rasmus away from Coors. He's better on the strikeouts, but he's a low OBP guy too (0.310 OBP). He also stopped stealing bases this year, presumably because that's part of what keeps getting him injured.
